Which to use
“immensité” and “intensité” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,359
- “immensité” frequency rank
- #5,045
- “intensité” frequency rank
- 30404
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | immensité | intensité |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Espace sans bornes ; état de ce qui est immense. | Haut niveau ou degré ; propriété de ce qui est intense. |
Where the eye mixes immensité and intensité
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. immensité and intensité follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between immensité and intensité
A purely visual mix-up. immensité (\i.mɑ̃.si.te\) and intensité (\ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30404, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
immensité is recorded at frequency rank #25,359, classified as anoun, pronounced \i.mɑ̃.si.te\. intensité is at rank #5,045, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.te\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 30404, this pair ranks #310,547 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of immensité vs intensité
Shared letters: einsté. Private to "immensité": m. Private to "intensité": -.
"immensité" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV · "intensité" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "immensité" and "intensité" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "immensité" or "intensité"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "immensité" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "intensité" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #310,547 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "immensité" and "intensité" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "intensité vs intensives". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #310,547 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.